Tag: Pensacola City Council
Buzz: Perkins may have opponent
Dale Perkins was first elected to the Emerald Coast Utility Authority in 1994. He is seeking his fifth term. When he first ran the utility…
Judge Lacey Collier speaks out on Davison
The daily newspaper has an in-depth interview with Judge Lacey Collier on his three-year tenure as the chairman of the Community Maritime Park Associates Board…
Daily misses point
The News Journal is fixated on the financials of Maritime Park Development Partners and its shareholders. Their financials and net worths aren’t the issue. It’s…
ECUA upset with IN…and me
At yesterday’s Leadership Pensacola session, ECUA officials made it clear they aren’t happy with the IN. The fact is ECUA is the least open of…
Councilwoman DeWeese makes motion on ECUA
At last night’s Pensacola City Council meeting, Councilwoman Maren DeWeese made a motion to ban waste transfer station inside the downtown CRA district. Mayor Mike…
Buzz: Moratorium tied to ECUA
The Pensacola City Council will consider today a ban of industrial land uses inside the CRA. What I’m hearing is that this has to do…
Improving use of minority vendors
The Pensacola City Council’s Finance Commitee will discuss today the recommendations made by the Small Business Enterprise (SBE) Ad Hoc Committee on MGT of America…
Pensacola Promise keeps rolling
Councilwoman Maren DeWeese and her committee continue to work on Pensacola Promise Plan. They expect to complete their work by the end of the month…
Phantom jobs
WUWF radio interviewed State Sen. Don Gaetz this morning on how the legislature will balance the budget this year. Gaetz talked about phantom jobs –…
Consolidation Commission killed itself early
In an article on NorthEscambia.com, State Rep. Clay Ford says the Escambia County Consolidation Study Commission chairman Ken Bell disbanded the commission, which was actually…
PNJ has it backwards
BACKWARDS PROCESS Consolidation battle has not become about the details of the plan. Instead, the fight has been over whether the public should vote on…
Cutting funds for non-profits
The Pensacola City Council is faced with an estimated $1.8 million deficit in the fiscal year 2010-11 budget. Instead of looking at how it may…